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Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher User's Guide
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Preface
Viewing and Scheduling Reports
Getting Started
- Accessing Business Intelligence Publisher Enterprise
- Setting Preferences
Viewing and Scheduling Reports
- Viewing a Report
- Scheduling a Report
- Scheduling a Report to Be Burst
- Managing Your Scheduled Reports
- Viewing Report History and Saved Output
- Using the Online Analyzer
- Using the BI Publisher Analyzer for Excel
Creating Reports and Layouts
Creating a New Report
- Process Overview
- Create the Report Entry and Specify General Properties
- Defining the Data Model
- Defining a SQL Query Data Set Type
- Using the Query Builder
- Defining an HTTP Data Set Type
- Defining a Web Service Data Set Type
- Defining a Data Template Data Set Type
- Defining an Oracle BI Answers Request Data Set Type
- Defining a File as a Data Set Type
- Adding Parameters and Lists of Values
- Adding Layouts to the Report Definition
- Creating an RTF Template Using the Template Builder for Word
- Adding a PDF Template to Your Report
- Enabling Bursting
- Accessing Reports via a URL
Building a Data Template
- Introduction
- The Data Template Definition
- Constructing the Data Template
- Using the Data Engine Java API
- Calling a Data Template from the Java API
- Sample Data Templates
Creating an RTF Template
- Introduction
- Supported Modes
- Prerequisites
- Overview
- Using the BI Publisher Template Builder
- Associating the XML Data to the Template Layout
- Designing the Template Layout
- Adding Markup to the Template Layout
- Creating Placeholders
- Defining Groups
- Defining Headers and Footers
- Native Support
- Inserting Images and Charts
- Images
- Chart Support
- Drawing, Shape, and Clip Art Support
- Supported Native Formatting Features
- General Features
- Alignment
- Tables
- Date Fields
- Multicolumn Page Support
- Background and Watermark Support
- Template Features
- Page Breaks
- Initial Page Number
- Last Page Only Content
- End on Even or End on Odd Page
- Hyperlinks
- Table of Contents
- Generating Bookmarks in PDF Output
- Check Boxes
- Drop Down Lists
- Conditional Formatting
- If Statements
- If Statements in Boilerplate Text
- If-then-Else Statements
- Choose Statements
- Column Formatting
- Row Formatting
- Cell Highlighting
- Page-Level Calculations
- Displaying Page Totals
- Brought Forward/Carried Forward Totals
- Running Totals
- Data Handling
- Sorting
- Checking for Nulls
- Regrouping the XML Data
- Using Variables
- Defining Parameters
- Setting Properties
- Advanced Report Layouts
- Batch Reports
- Cross-Tab Support
- Dynamic Data Columns
- Number and Formatting
- Calendar and Timezone Support
- Using External Fonts
- Advanced Barcode Formatting
- Advanced Design Options
- Namespace Support
- Using the Context Commands
- Using XSL Elements
- Using FO Elements
Extended Function Support in RTF Templates
- Extended SQL and XSL Functions
- XSL Equivalents
- Using FO Elements
Translating Reports
- Template Translations
- Report File Translations
Creating a PDF Template
- Overview
- Supported Modes
- Designing the Layout
- Adding Markup to the Template Layout
- Creating a Placeholder
- Defining Groups of Repeating Fields
- Adding Page Numbers
- Performing Calculations
- Completed PDF Template Example
- Runtime Behavior
- Creating a Template from a Predefined PDF Form
Creating an eText Template
- Introduction
- Outbound eText Templates
- Structure of eText Templates
- Constructing the Data Tables
- Command Rows
- Structure of the Data Rows
- Setup Command Tables
- Expressions, Control Structures, and Functions
- Identifiers, Operators, and Literals
Administering BI Publisher
Defining a Security Model
- Security Model Overview
- Understanding BI Publisher's Users and Roles
- Considerations When Deleting a User
- Integrating with LDAP
- Setting Up Oracle Single Sign-On
- Integrating with Oracle E-Business Suite Security
- Integrating with Oracle BI Server Security
Using the Admin Functions
- Overview
- Setting Up Data Sources
- Setting Up Integration with Oracle BI Presentation Services
- Setting System Maintenance Options
- Setting Up Delivery Options
- Setting Runtime Properties
- Defining Font Mappings
- Managing Reports and Folders
- Folder Tasks
Setting Up Print Servers
- Setting Up CUPS
- Windows XP Setup
Using the BI Publisher APIs
- Introduction
- BI Publisher Core APIs
- PDF Form Processing Engine
- RTF Processor Engine
- FO Processor Engine
- PDF Document Merger
- PDF Book Binder Processor
- Document Processor Engine
- Bursting Engine
- BI Publisher Properties
- Advanced Barcode Font Formatting Implementation
Using the Delivery Manager APIs
- Introduction
- Delivering Documents by e-Mail
- Delivering Your Document to a Printer
- Delivering Your Documents by a Fax Server
- Delivering Your Documents to a WebDAV Server
- Delivering Your Document Using FTP
- Delivering Your Documents over Secure FTP
- Delivering Your Documents over HTTP
- Delivering Documents over AS2
- Delivering Documents Using an External Command
- Delivering Documents to the Local File System
- Direct and Buffering Modes
- Asynchronous Delivery Requests
- Document Filter Support
- Date Expression Support
- Internationalization Support
- Monitoring Delivery Status
- Setting Global Properties
- Adding a Custom Delivery Channel
- Configuration File Support
Supported XSL-FO Elements
- Supported XSL-FO Elements
Configuration File Reference
- BI Publisher Configuration Files
- Setting Properties in the Runtime Configuration File
- Structure
- Properties
- Font Definitions
- Predefined Fonts
- The Server Configuration Files
Upgrading from XML Publisher Enterprise 5.6.2 to BI Publisher 10.1.3.2
- Overview
Index
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